High-court justice to guest-teach at UH
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be in Hawaii at the end of the month as part of the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s jurist-in-residence law program.
During her visit, from Jan. 29 to Feb. 3, Sotomayor will teach classes at the William S. Richardson School of Law, judge a moot court practice and meet with faculty and students throughout the week, according to a news release from the university.
Sotomayor will also be the honored guest at an event hosted by the Hawaii State Bar Association, and will be the guest of honor at a breakfast with Hawaii Women Lawyers and Hawaii Women’s Legal Foundation.
The jurist-in-residence program brings Supreme Court justices to the Richardson school to meet with students, faculty and members of the state Judiciary and Hawaii State Bar.
Sotomayor was nominated to become an associate justice by President Barack Obama in 2009.
Security studies institute gets new chief
The former No. 2 at the U.S. Pacific Command has been selected as the new director of a Defense Department academic institute in Waikiki.
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Daniel Leaf will take over the helm of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies on Tuesday.
Leaf served as U.S. Pacific Command deputy commander from 2005 to 2008. He then retired after more than 33 years in the Air Force.
Most recently, Leaf has been vice president of full-spectrum initiatives at defense contractor Northrop Grumman Information Systems.
The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies is at Fort DeRussy in Waikiki.
Uniformed and civilian representatives of U.S. and Asia-Pacific nations attend classes, professional exchanges and outreach events at the center.
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Police sued for searching wrong house
KIHEI, Maui » A Kihei couple is suing the Maui Police Department alleging officers raided their home while executing a search warrant on the wrong address.
The Maui News reports that April and Norman Freeland filed the lawsuit in federal court in Honolulu in October.
The lawsuit alleges that on April 15, officers forced the Freelands to wait outside while they searched the residence for nearly half an hour, even after they knew they were at the wrong address.
The complaint claims police violated the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights and seeks $250,000 in damages and $1 million in punitive damages.
County lawyers say officers were inside the Freelands’ home for less than 10 minutes and left as soon as they realized they were at the wrong location.
A trial is scheduled to begin in January 2013.
Nawiliwili HI-5 site increases availability
The HI-5 bottle redemption center in Nawiliwili, Kauai, has increased its days of operation, the county announced.
The center at the corner of Wilcox and Kanoa streets is now open Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is closed from 12 to 1:30 p.m.
In addition to HI-5 beverage containers, the facility also accepts nonferrous scrap metals for redemption including: brass, copper, aluminum, car radiators, Spam and sausage cans, and tire rims.
Notarized forms, available at the center, must be completed for copper loads. For details on nonferrous scrap redemption, contact Reynolds Recycling at 245-7233.
